Monitoring the Dell Force10 Switch
eG Enterprise has developed a dedicated Dell Force10 Switch monitoring model which periodically checks the CPU and memory statistics of each stack unit of the switch, the temperature of each stack unit of the switch, the memory utilization etc, detects abnormalities, if any and helps administrators rectify the same before any irreparable damage occurs.
Figure 1 : The layer model of the Dell Force10 Switch
Every layer of Figure 1 is mapped to a variety of tests on the target Dell Force10 Switch to collect critical statistics pertaining to its performance. The metrics reported by these tests enable administrators to answer the following questions:
- What is the CPU utilization during the last second?
- What is the CPU utilization during the last minute?
- How well the CPU is utilized during the last 5 minutes?
- What is the current status of the fan trays available in each stack unit?
- What is the current status and speed of each fan available in the fan trays?
- How well the memory of each stack unit is utilized?
- What is the current status of the power supply unit within each stack unit?
- What is the current temperature of each stack unit?
- What is the current status and type of each stack unit?
- What is the administrative and operational status of each port?
- What is the uptime of the stack unit and when was the stack unit rebooted?
